St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-02
Minneapolis Lighted Up With Surpass-
ing Beauty For the Exposition
Gaests.
Thousands Of People On the Grand
Promenade Enjoying the Daz-
zling Scenes
Second Day Of the Big Show---Art Gal
lery Glances---Some General
Notes.
GREAT sight it

p-5s1.. S<ksass-. NlcOlleG avenue.
The spacious avenue never looked love-
lier, and the assertion was freely made
last night that never was single street
in the country more beautifully and ar
tiStically decorated and Illuminated. 1t
is the feature of the Exposition. For
eight blocks the dazzling array OF bright
globes bewilders the eye and dissipateS
the darkness, and for the rest of the
way to the Exposition glitte1ing ag-
gregatiCn of electric lights marks the
route to the greatest show on earth"
Last year the illumination was held to
be magnificent, but that which first
dazzled the public last night is in every
way superior. To those who viewed its
beauties description is unnecessary,
and for those who did not it is impossi-
pie; TO last years arches and circles e
and pyramids are added other arches
and circles and pyramids, and are added,
above all, the stately corner pieces,
which crown the work.
Forty thousand people turned out to
see the inauguration of the illumination.
The rest of the city stayed at home to
avoid the crush and afterWark view the
scene at their leisure. From the river
to Eighth street the avenue was one
dense mass of moving humanity from Z
o'clock to 10, and was well filled at II,
when the illumination was over. The
rush and crush were inconceivable.
Each sidewalk had two rows, some in
opposite directions, while double rows
Of carriages filed the street. The
mounted patrolmen were all on
duty and were kept busy sorting,
separating and disentangling the ways
of equipageS, and when the breadth of
NlcOllet avenue is taken into cOnSidera-
ton in connection with this some idea
of the crowd may be obtained. Foot
patrolmen, with secured white hats and
new red cord and taSSelS to their batOnS,
were strung out over the crossings to
stem the tide at regular intervals and
protect pedestrians. Everybody was
out. In the monday glare of the null
titudinous lights any one might have
bedlZened in their finest feath-
ers and all on dress parade.
The equipages were gotten up in their
best style, with shining harness, sleek
horses and liveried footmen, and with
tops back to give full view of the
brightly dressed occupants. For the
ladies there was not only the pleasure
of seeing, but the more exquisite de-
light of being seen. The whole scene
could only be compared to that of Mardi
Gras night in Rome-the last night of
the IeSUlVaI-Wilen Ino glare ana eXclGo-
ment reach their height before being
eXtinguished.
A striking addition to last years dis
play is the electric illumination from
bridge square across the river. Arc
lights have been placed at intervals on
the sidewalks and hung in colored
arches at the bridge entrance. A dou-
BILE row OF the same lights sparkle on
the bridge and give it the appearance.
from below, of a gorgeous necklace of
cleaning brilliants. The lights con-
tinue across the island and Eastern
bridge and out Central avenue to end and
the Exposition building itself, which is a
blazing mass of pure white light. The
effect is wonderful and beautiful and
drew out admiring EXPLANATIONS from
the crowds. The illumination is grand
success and the biggest advertisement
the city ever had.